Bhubaneswar on Sunday registered 287 new Covid-19 positive cases, with which the State capital city’s total tally increased to 86,689. This was a slight decrease from the 332 infections reported on Saturday.Out of the new cases, 255 were local contacts and 32 were quarantine cases.
The local contacts included 19 in Chandrasekharpur, 18 in Patia, 12 each in Mancheswar and Baramunda, 11 in Nayapalli, 10 in Khandagiri, nine each in Old Town and Sailashree Vihar and seven each in Laxmisagar and Niladri Vihar. Currently, the active cases stood at 1,854 in the city. Meanwhile, two more patients succumbed to the disease in the city on the day, with which the total death toll to 402. However, 537 persons recovered on day, increasing total recoveries to 84,412.